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Moon Museum

A Florida art curator purchased a a tiny ceramic chip with six images. The seller told him the tiny images were the works of several prominent artists and the chip was made as a miniature art museum to attach to the Apollo 12 lunar module. Did NASA actually deliver the artwork of Andy Warhol to the moon? Gwendolyn Wright tracks down three eyewitnesses to this historic moment.

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Season 6, Episode 9
54:07
Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting
Season 6, Episode 7
54:07
Black Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhouse
Season 6, Episode 5
54:07
Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell
Season 6, Episode 4
54:08
China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery
Season 6, Episode 3
54:08
Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter
Season 6, Episode 2
54:07
Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong
Season 6, Episode 1
54:07
World War II Diary; 1856 Mormon Tale; Annie Oakley Coin
Season 5, Episode 5
56:01
Great Mexican War Posters; Nora Holt Autograph Book; Muhlenberg Robe
3-D Cuban Missile Crisis
56:46
Investigating a projection screen with possible Cuban Missile Crisis connections.
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